Cuissard
//kwisɑɹ(d)// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An armor leg-guard or thigh-guard.
"His looks anxiously followed the men as, upon given signals, they disappeared and returned with a fresh supply of cuissards, brassards, gorgets, knee and breast plates, groaning under the weight […]"
Example
More examples"His looks anxiously followed the men as, upon given signals, they disappeared and returned with a fresh supply of cuissards, brassards, gorgets, knee and breast plates, groaning under the weight […]"
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